*did they change the date at such short notice*did I not get an email notification
they claimed had been sent*did they not answer my emails about when on the 3rd
bidding was due to close. *did they not state the crucial information about
what time bidding would close in the first place.

If you phone them and they reply
obviously theyve got to answer you.

Really I can see no good reason whatsoever
for bringing the deadline forward, every other registrar thats changing is putting
it back.

They would have to be completely stupid to change the deadline like that
without ulterior motives. Most serious bidders aren't going to bother bidding until
the last day or two, some people will have looked at their site days / weeks ago
and thought I'll come back on the afternoon of the 2nd (to be safe as they don't
give their time on the 3rd) to make their bids.